A 16-year-old boy with purpura and leg pain

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 560-563

  Bingham, April Collett ^a   Kimura, Yukiko ^b   Imundo, Lisa ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; LANSOPRAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTRITIS; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SCURVY; VASCULITIS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0038020046     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2003.186     Document Type: Article

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